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169. Scolopax rtjsticola, Linn. 



Generally distributed over the Cashmere mountains, in woods and 

 forests, where it breeds. 



170. Gallinago scolopaoina, Bonap. 

 1.71. Gallinago gallinula (Linn.). 



Winter visitor to the lakes and marshes ; not observed during 

 the summer months. 



172. Gallinago solitaria (Hodg.). 



I killed two specimens of this bird on the mountain-streams of the 

 lesser ranges. It is rare. 



173. Glottis canescens (Gmel.). 

 Lakes and fens of Cashmere : common. 



174. Totanus ochroptjs (Linn.). 



Lakes and rivers of Cashmere, and in the lesser ranges south- 

 wards : seldom more than a couple are seen together. A solitary 

 bird, and is often met with by the sides of pools in secluded moun- 

 tain-valleys. In Ladakh I frequently observed a Sandpiper, which 

 appeared to me only a variety of the above. Its peculiarities were, 

 the upper parts being jet black, rump, tail, and lower parts white. 



175. Tringoides hypoleuca (Linn.). 



On all the rivers and streams of Cashmere, and along the Indus 

 and its tributaries in Ladakh and Tibet. 



176. Graculus carbo (Linn.). 



Often seen on the lakes and Jhelum river in Cashmere. 



177. Graculus sinensis (Shaw). 

 Frequents the same localities as the last. 



178. Podiceps minor (GmeL). 

 Lakes of Cashmere : common. 



Another species was seen in the same situations, lighter in plu- 

 mage. A specimen was not procured. 



179. Anser ferus, Stephens? 



Abundant on the large lakes in Ladakh, where it breeds ; migrates 

 southwards to Cashmere and India in winter. 



180. Casarca rutila (Linn.). 



In great numbers on the Ladakh lakes in summer, on the bare 

 hills around the pools, where it breeds. Migrates southwards in 

 winter. 



